Studies of luminescent products

From 1963 onwards a number of papers have been produced by Palmer and co-workers [92—96, 119—121] in which attention is drawn to the use of inverted flames as a means of producing chemiluminescence. It would be inappropriate to give detailed consideration to all reactions concerned in such systems and attention is focused upon those reactions of organic fragments involving alkali metals for which the evidence of participation is considered to be strong. 

In carbon tetrachloride/sodium (or potassium) flames, emission of the C2 Swan bands is observed [119, 120]. Naegeli and Palmer [121] have directed attention to the routes for production of excited Cj and propose 

Carbon monoxide is known to increase the C2 emission from the above flames when used as an additive and the reactions 

These studies are entirely spectroscopic in character and rate measurements have not been attempted. They form an important sequence to the early emission studies of Polanyi and co-workers. 

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